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Crossbow Shot Galvanic Shards Minion Tactician (+5 Projectile Skills)

Tactician·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds
Version 8·Updated Jul 25, 2026
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Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot
2.85M
2. Stormblast Bolts
1.24M
Hit DPS
2.85M
Attacks/sec
3.71
Average hit
768,674

Utility

Mana
653
Spirit
254
Gear spirit
82
Move speed
x1.83

Defense

Life
2,747
ES
331
Gear ES
276
Character armour
1,332
Gear armour
965
Character evasion
6,248
Gear evasion
2,328
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%

Passive Tree

159
Nodes
36
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Vaal PactKey
50% more amount of [LifeLeech|Life Leeched] [LifeLeech|Leech Life] 67% less quickly Cannot Recover Life other than from [LifeLeech|Leech] [LifeLeech|Life Leech] effects are not removed when [Reservation|Unreserved] Life is Filled
Life
Crystal ElixirNotable
40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect
Flask
Efficient LoadingNotable
30% chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate
Speed
Power ShotsNotable
-15% reduced Attack Speed with Crossbows
80% increased Critical Damage Bonus with Crossbows
SpeedCritical
UnhinderedNotable
-6% reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving
Movement Speed
MomentumNotable
Ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour
Movement Speed
Stand and DeliverNotable
Projectiles have 40% increased Critical Damage Bonus against Enemies within 2m
Projectiles deal 25% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m
CriticalDamage
Reusable AmmunitionNotable
Bolts fired by Crossbow Attacks have 30% chance to not expend Ammunition if you've Reloaded Recently
ProjectileWeapon

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute37+185
  • to Strength4+31
  • to Dexterity1+5
  • to Intelligence1+10
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus7160%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks560%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance450%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance with Crossbows330%
Movement Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving10-41%
  • increased Movement Speed716%
  • companions have # % increased Movement Speed228%
  • ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour1+1
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed316%
  • increased Skill Speed316%
  • increased Attack Speed while a Rare or Unique Enemy is in your Presence28%
  • increased Crossbow Reload Speed230%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Damage343%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • projectiles deal # % increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m355%
  • increased Damage with Crossbows336%
  • increased Damage against Dazed Enemies245%
  • increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies125%
Elemental Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Elemental Damage with Attacks680%
  • increased Elemental Damage324%
  • increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating6105%
  • gain # % of Evasion Rating as extra Ailment Threshold1100%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%

Gear

Glyph Core

Gemini Crossbow

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage34-134
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Fire Damage156-209
Lightning Damage15-291
Attacks per Second1.6
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS671.2
Physical DPS134.4
Elemental DPS536.8
Requirements
Level78
Rune
  • +1 Suffix Modifier allowed
  • Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate 15% Elemental Resistances
  • Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements
Bonded
  • Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • Adds 156 to 209 Fire Damage
Implicit
  • Loads an additional bolt
Explicit
  • +5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Adds 15 to 291 Lightning Damage
  • 137% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
  • +4.85% to Critical Hit Chance
  • +20% to Critical Damage Bonus
Crafted
  • 24% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Rage Salvation

Freebooter Cap

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Evasion934
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Enchant
  • Allocates Zarokh's Gift
Rune
  • +50 to all Attributes
  • Raven-Touched
Bonded
  • Bonded: +1 Maximum Life per Level
Desecrated
  • 17% increased Critical Damage Bonus
Explicit
  • 34% increased Critical Hit Chance
  • 129% increased Evasion Rating
  • +204 to maximum Life
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 23% of Evasion Rating

Morior Invictus

Grand Regalia

Item Level 84
Unique
Properties
Armour965
Energy Shield265
Evasion875
Movement Speed-4%
Quality20
SocketsS S S S S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +150 to maximum Life
  • 12% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +3 to Spirit per Idol socketed in your Equipment
  • Idols socketed in this item gain the benefits of their Bonded modifiers
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: +5% to Quality of all Skills
  • Bonded: 5% increased Spirit
  • Bonded: 10% increased Quantity of Gold Dropped by Slain Enemies
Explicit
  • 342% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +60 to maximum Life per Socket filled
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances per Socket filled
  • +14 to Spirit per Socket filled
  • Corrupted

Painter's Servant

Torn Gloves

Item Level 56
Unique
Properties
Energy Shield11
Quality20
SocketsJ
Requirements
Level0
Rune
  • Destroys all Augment Sockets on the item to create a Jewel Socket
Explicit
  • Gain 10% of Elemental Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • Gain 10% of Elemental Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  • Gain 10% of Elemental Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
  • 33% of Elemental Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  • 33% of Elemental Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 33% of Elemental Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  • Corrupted

Havoc Urge

Cinched Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion519
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level65
Enchant
  • 24% increased Stun Threshold
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • 30% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • 95% increased Evasion Rating
  • +94 to maximum Life
  • +45% to Fire Resistance
  • +44% to Lightning Resistance
  • 22.3 Life Regeneration per second
  • Corrupted

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level55
Implicit
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
  • 20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly
Explicit
  • Legacy of Quicksilver
  • Legacy of Silver
  • Legacy of Gold
  • Legacy of Silver
  • All Mage's Legacies have 46% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have
  • Corrupted

Corpse Collar

Solar Amulet

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level30
Enchant
  • Allocates Augmented Flesh
Desecrated
  • +21% to all Elemental Resistances
Implicit
  • +15 to Spirit
Explicit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • 33% increased Evasion Rating
  • 7% increased maximum Life
  • +50 to Spirit
  • 26% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Sorrow Nail

Breach Ring

Item Level 75
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • Adds 38 to 56 Cold damage to Attacks
Implicit
  • +20% to Maximum Quality
Explicit
  • Adds 4 to 108 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • Adds 46 to 64 Fire damage to Attacks
  • +13% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +29% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • 14% increased Attack Speed

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 74
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Explicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring

Botanic Stone Charm of the Continuous

Item Level 79
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Recover 190 Life when Used
  • 31% increased Charges gained

Sunburst Thawing Charm of the Sylvan

Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • Also grants 358 Guard

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max80
Charges Per Use80
Duration10
Quality0
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy
Explicit
  • Possessed by Spirit Of The Wolf for 19 seconds on use

Effervescent Ultimate Life Flask of the Plentiful

Item Level 79
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Explicit
  • 27% of Recovery applied Instantly
  • 46% increased Charges

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max75
Charges Per Use10
Duration20
Mana Per Use185
Quality20
Requirements
Level49
Explicit
  • This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
  • 73% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 supports

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

Support gems
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Galvanic Shards(Lv20)5 supports

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. These fragments can Merge.

Support gems
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
ForkSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Fork.Lv1
Garukhans ResolveSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills have a maximum Critical Hit chance, but will Bifurcate Critical Hit Chance.Lv1
Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.Lv1
Nova ProjectilesSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire Projectiles in a circle. Does not Support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Lv1
Stormblast Bolts(Lv20)5 supports

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that land around the target location and explode if hit by a Detonator Skill. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

Support gems
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1
Berserk(Lv20)No supports

While active, strengthens your Rage, but causes you to lose Life while not losing Rage.

Grants 40% increased Rage effect

No support gems detected for this skill.

Wind Dancer(Lv19)5 supports

While active, periodically grants stages of a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by an Enemy while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.

Gain a stage every 1.5 seconds
Support gems
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
Mana Remnants(Lv12)3 supports

Conjure surging arcane energy to restore your Mana. While active, enemies you kill affected by Elemental Ailments have a chance to spawn a Mana Remnant, and Critically Hitting a target with Elemental Ailments spawns a Mana Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Mana Remnant grants you Mana which can Overflow maximum Mana.

Each Remnant grants 28 Mana
Support gems
Khatals RejuvenationSupports Skills that generate Remnants. Picking up Remnants from Supported Skills grants Khatal's Rejuvenation.Lv1
InterludeSupports Skills which create Remnants, making those Remnants more powerful.Lv1
DissipateSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Lv1
Trinity(Lv19)2 supports

Become attuned to all Elements building up Fire, Cold and Lightning Affinity based off the highest Elemental Damage type dealt by your Hits. Your Elemental Damage is enhanced the more Affinity of any type you have.

1% more Elemental Damage per 30 Affinity of any type
On dealing Elemental Damage with a Hit, gain 5 Affinity of the highest Elemental Damage type and lose 3 Affinity of the other types
Support gems
Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Uhtreds OmenSupports Skills which can gain levels, granting them additional levels provided exactly one other support is used with the supported Skill. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv15)2 supports

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
Support gems
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
HerbalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.Lv1
Combat Frenzy(Lv20)3 supports

While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute or Pin an enemy. This can only occur once every few seconds.

Gain a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute or Pin an enemy, no more than once every 8 seconds
Support gems
Her DeclarationLv1
ProfusionSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Lv1
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Mirage Archer(Lv19)1 skill · 4 supports

While active, dodge rolling will create a Mirage that uses socketed ranged Attacks for a short duration, then vanish.

Mirage duration is 5.05 seconds
Socketed skills
Explosive ShotLoad your Crossbow with flaming bolts that explode on impact. The explosion will cause any Grenades in its area of effect to also explode.Lv19
Support gems
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Nimble ReloadSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to Reload bolts significantly faster.Lv1
Charge Regulation(Lv19)2 supports

While active, you gain powerful Buffs based on your active Charges. However, maintaining the Buff Consumes Charges every few seconds.

15% more Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield while you have an Endurance Charge
20% more Critical Hit Chance while you have a Power Charge
20% increased Skill Speed while you have a Frenzy Charge
Support gems
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv20)5 supports

While active, killing Shocked enemies with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause subsequent Attack Hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.

Lightning Bolts strike the targets of your next 2 Attack Hits after killing a Shocked enemy with Attack damage
Support gems
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Deadly HeraldsSupports Herald Skills, making their triggered effects deal more damage at the expense of higher Spirit cost.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Armour ExplosionSupports Attacks and Warcries, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Lv1

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